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Most everyone enjoys some type of competitive activity. Some who say they don’t seem to compete in their dislike of competition. In many competitive activities, participants have developed handicapping systems, so that people of differing abilities can compete on a level playing field.

Smoky, the (adorable) Little Donkey …
… is getting an early start on his summer tan. He likes to lie behind his barn in the sunshine and has been taking advantage of the recent blessings of the sun’s warm rays. Of course, his “tan” is always a smoky gray, summer or winter.
Callie, the kitty, also likes to lie in the sun, but she prefers the back deck, close to the patio door. Like Smoky, if it starts to sprinkle, she wants inside under a dry roof.

Weekend Visitors
Madison and Dru Eller spent the weekend with their grandparents, Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter.
Death
Our community was saddened by the death of lifelong resident Glenn Bergmann on Friday of last week.
Baptism
Claire Anna Chasteen, daughter of Jeremy and Danielle (Drewes) Chasteen of Kinmundy, was baptized in the Sunday morning service.
Her sponsors were Mallory and Reid Drewes, Matthew Chasteen and Stephanie Kelsheimer.
St. Peter Church
Saturday evening worship attendance was 165.

Both drivers sustained fatal injuries in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. Route 51 south of Vandalia early Sunday morning.

According to Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen, Robert Norris, 74, of Vernon, was traveling south on Route 51 when a northbound vehicle driven by 22-year-old Joshua Jezek of Sandoval crossed the center line, hitting the truck driven by Norris head-on.

The vehicle driven by Jezek, who was identified on Monday afternoon, burst into flames.

Norris and Jezek were pronounced dead at the scene by Bowen at 4:06 a.m.

CHAMPAIGN – Senior Levi Ulmer led a group of five wrestlers at the individual state wrestling tournament, placing fifth.

Ulmer, who narrowly lost in the championship semifinals, ended up dropping to the fifth-place match, which on Saturday he won, 11-4, against Garrett Kestner of Camp Point.

In that match, Ulmer secured his first points since the championship quarterfinals with a quick takedown of Kestner and continued on without much trouble to become the first Vandal to place since 2010, when Trevor Pyle took third.